Even since his passing mid-last year, champion sire Snitzel continues to have an incredible influence on Australian racing and breeding, siring three more stakes winners at Randwick on Saturday, highlighted by Fireball taking out the G1 Champagne Stakes, with another G1 winning son Campione D’Italia filling the quinella. Chris Waller won four races on the card at Randwick.

Saturday Summary: Fireball leads Snitzel’s Randwick stakes sweep

Saturday Summary

Trainer Dan Morton collected his third G2 Karrakatta Plate in four years with exciting juvenile Afireofgidgeecoals, and the son of Too Darn Hot burned the unbeaten record of the next two home. Home Affairs added a new stakes winner in New Zealand with Miss Janet, and two exciting prospects were unearthed with The Speed Machine and Silken Salute.

Juvenile Summary: Too Darn Hot scorches hot Karrakatta Plate field

Juvenile Summary

Donato Lanni, bidding on behalf of Saudi businessman Amr Zedan, went to all-time high US$10.5 million to acquire a colt by champion Flightline from the Hartley/DeRenzo Thoroughbred consignment. The colt lifted the Ocala Spring Breeze Up sale to records in all metrics.

$10.5 million Flightline colt smashs records at Ocala

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